Bangkok Monorail Incidents Prompt Government Review

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK (NNT) - The government is scrutinizing the operations of Bangkok's Pink and Yellow monorail lines after recent incidents raised concerns over their safety and construction quality. 

 

Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said under the existing contracts, penalties could be imposed on Northern Bangkok Monorail and Eastern Bangkok Monorail, operators of the Pink and Yellow lines respectively, for failing performance assessments. These penalties could include fines amounting to 5% of the annual construction cost installment paid by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) to the concessionaires, or even suspension of payments.

 

Recent malfunctions, including metal fragments falling from the Yellow Line tracks and concrete spilling from the Pink Line's construction site, have prompted these considerations. These incidents followed earlier problems, including a tire detaching from a Yellow Line train and a conductor rail breaking free on the Pink Line. The operators are slated to receive billions in construction costs from the state, distributed in annual installments over ten years.

 

Amidst these safety concerns, a new rail transport law is set to enhance the Department of Rail Transport's authority over rail operators' safety measures and practices. The initiative aims to mitigate any potential future incidents and guarantee the reliability of Bangkok's burgeoning monorail system.

 

By Krajangwit Johjit

 

Source: NNT 2024-04-03

 

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[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Amidst these safety concerns, a new rail transport law is set to enhance the Department of Rail Transport's authority over rail operators' safety measures and practices. The initiative aims to mitigate any potential future incidents and guarantee the reliability of Bangkok's burgeoning monorail system.

Fat chance of anything happening.

[bamnutsak]

Thai govt considers sanctions against Bangkok monorail operators

 

https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thai-government-considers-sanctions-against-bangkok-monorail-operators

[scorecard]

4 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Fat chance of anything happening.

 

I'm wondering why there's safety incidents.

 

The vast highly successful, fast, cheap monorail system in Kuala Lumpur (started at least 2+ decades ago) has an excellent safety / service record and is very popular.  

[hotchilli]

2 hours ago, scorecard said:

 

I'm wondering why there's safety incidents.

 

The vast highly successful, fast, cheap monorail system in Kuala Lumpur (started at least 2+ decades ago) has an excellent safety / service record and is very popular.  

Because this is Thailand and not KL

[Photoguy21]

6 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Fat chance of anything happening.

They can stop it. Do not accept passengers problem solved.

[josephbloggs]

8 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Because this is Thailand and not KL

Yawn. Not sticking up for the Thai monorails as these incidents are unacceptable but to claim the KL version is impeccable is nonsense. Take off your anti Thai blinkers and research before you post your tripe.

Around the opening time  a wheel fell off (sound familiar?) and fell on the head of a pedestrian. Could have killed them.

In 2005 a tyre exploded and entered the carriage inuring passengers.
In 2012 a train broke down and all electrical power was cut and trapped people inside for over two hours! People had to smash windows in order to breathe. Later that same year it happened again although the AC still worked so people could breathe while waiting for rescue.
In 2015 a wheel caught fire while in a station.
In 2020 another wheel caught fire and caused serious damage to the train.
Last year another tyre exploded and caught fire, passengers had to be evacuated and the fire brigade called to deal with it.

But year, KL good, Bangkok bad.

Honestly it takes 30 seconds to Google to see if something is true before you blindly agree just because it is critical of Thailand, it is so so very boring.

 

 

[sammieuk1]

A quick rendition of the corus of ringa ringa roses  is in order by the sound of it  🤔

[hotchilli]

5 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Yawn. Not sticking up for the Thai monorails as these incidents are unacceptable but to claim the KL version is impeccable is nonsense. Take off your anti Thai blinkers and research before you post your tripe.

Where did I state KL monorail was impeccable ?

 

[josephbloggs]

32 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Where did I state KL monorail was impeccable ?

 

By agreeing with @scorecard when he said KL's system had an excellent safety and service record, saying "Because this is Thailand and not KL."

BTW workers were killed during construction of the lines in KL. Last year there was a report that many lifts and escalators were inoperative due to lack of maintenance.

But yeah, KL good, Bangkok bad.

[bamnutsak]

19 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Yawn. Not sticking up for the Thai monorails as these incidents are unacceptable but to claim the KL version is impeccable is nonsense. Take off your anti Thai blinkers and research before you post your tripe.

Around the opening time  a wheel fell off (sound familiar?) and fell on the head of a pedestrian. Could have killed them.

In 2005 a tyre exploded and entered the carriage inuring passengers.
In 2012 a train broke down and all electrical power was cut and trapped people inside for over two hours! People had to smash windows in order to breathe. Later that same year it happened again although the AC still worked so people could breathe while waiting for rescue.
In 2015 a wheel caught fire while in a station.
In 2020 another wheel caught fire and caused serious damage to the train.
Last year another tyre exploded and caught fire, passengers had to be evacuated and the fire brigade called to deal with it.

But year, KL good, Bangkok bad.

Honestly it takes 30 seconds to Google to see if something is true before you blindly agree just because it is critical of Thailand, it is so so very boring.

 

 

 

 

Thank you for giving us a preview of what to expect here in Bangkok.

 

Very informative.